Barrel-cover



UNITED STATES PATENT @FFICE.

MARTIN I-I. PARKS, OF WVINCHENDON, MASSACHUSETTS. I

BARREL-COVER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 578,768, dated March 16, 1897.

Application filed December 19, 1895. Serial No. 572,671. (No model.)

. in which Figure 1 represents a top view of a barrelcover embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents the under side of the cover. Fig. 3 is a central sectional view of a barrel with my improved cover applied thereto, the cover being shown in sectional view on line 3 3, Fig. 1 and Fig. 4 is a central sectional view of the barrel-cover on line 4 4, Fig. 1.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in the different figures. I

The object of my invention is to provide a barrel-cover which is light, cheaply made, and constructed of wood Without seam or joint upon its exposed surfaces; and it consists in the feature of construction, as hereinafter described, and set forth in the annexed claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, A denotes a barrel-cover embodying my invention and consisting of an upper circular board 13, with its diameter slightly greater than the diameter of the barrel-head, so it will extend over and rest upon the ends of the staves of the barrel 0. Attached con- I centrically by screws D, on under side of the with a strip I between them, forming the handle by which the cover is lifted.

The elongated openings II II are adapted to receive the thumb and fingers of the hand, and the recess E is sufiiciently deep to allow the thumb and fingers to be inserted beneath the handle I. The handle I is reinforced, when desired, in case-of heavy covers and the attaching-screws D relieved of strain by means of an iron rod J, extending across the handle H and bent at right angles, as at J. The ends of the rod pass through the rim G and are provided with screw-threads to receive the nuts K, which are screwed u p against the under side of the'board D and serve to attach it to the board B and also sustain the weight of the cover when it is lifted by the handle H.

The rod J may rest upon the upper surface of the board B or be recessed therein, as represented at J Fig. 3.

I am aware that it is not new to form a barrel-cover having central holes, as at H II, to receive the hand and also that such openings have been covered by a circular piece of sheet metal attached to the under side of the barrel-cover, thereby presenting a metal surface with a joint at its edge exposed upon the under side of the cover.

In my improved cover the board D is integral and nearly or quite fills the space between the ends of the barrel-staves, with the joint between the rim G and the upper board 13 not directly exposed to the contents of the barrel.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The within-described cover consisting of a circular board B, provided with a pair of parallel elongated openings H, H, forming a handle I between them, and a circular board D of less diameter than the board B and provided with a circular concentric recess E on one side forming a rim G at its edge, said rim G being united to the under side of said board B, substantially as described.

2. In a barrel-cover the combination of a circular board B provided with elongated openings 11 II and a handle I, a circular board D attachedconcentrically to said board B and provided with a recess E, a rod J extending lengthwise across said handle I and having its ends bent and passing through said boards B and D, and nuts K held upon the ends of said rod whereby said boards B and D are attached, substantially as described. Dated the 14th day of December, 1895.

MARTIN I-I. PARKS. Witnesses:

R. D. GRAIN, E. G. PARKER. 

